Wayback Machine 1947: Electric Bike
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 02. 1.08
The perpetual motion bike! Perfect for San Francisco! Love the streamlining, though. ::Modern Mechanix
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Now THAT is the kind of design I am looking for. What happened to us? 60 years later and we have a big chunky battery strapped on to a boring frame.
Man, is that guy strong or what?
Yeah, that's cool looking.
Man, that's great, that is until you get halfway up the next hill and have to start peddeling that tank up the rest of the way. Love the pedals though.
Only a few hundred of those fiberglass Bowden Spacelanders were ever built. These days, they are sought after as collector's items and go for around $15K.